Spring: April - May | ||
Forest Preserve/ State Park | Habitat | What you would see |
Illinois Beach State Park | Wetland, Dunes / Beach, Lake Michigan | Common Loon, American Pipit, Broad-winged Hawk, Spring Migrants |
Van Patten Woods | Lake | Dabbling Ducks, Common Loon, Horned Grebe |
Wadsworth Savanna/Sedge Meadow | Savanna, Wetland | Least Bittern, Sedge Wren, Virginia Rail, Short-billed Dowitcher, Migrating warblers |
Chain O'Lakes State Park | Woodland, Grassland, River | Sandhill Crane, Northern Harrier, American White Pelican |
Independence Grove | Lake | Common Loon, grebe species, Orchard Oriole, Purple Martin, Snow Goose |
Middlefork Savanna | Savanna, Wetland, Grassland | Red-headed Woodpecker, Bobolink, Rail species, Wood Duck, Baird's Sandpiper |
Fort Sheridan | Savanna, Grassland, Lake | Migrating hawks, Red-headed Woodpecker, Wood Thrush, Tufted Titmouse |
Ryerson Woods | Woodland, River | Solitary Sandpiper, Migrating warblers, American Woodcock, Barred Owl |
Cuba Marsh | Woodland, Wetland | American Woodcock, dabbling ducks, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Swamp Sparrow |
Summer: June - September | ||
Illinois Beach State Park | Wetland, Dunes/Beach, Lake Michigan | Yellow-breasted Chat, Grasshopper Sparrow, Indigo Bunting |
Wadsworth Savanna/Sedge Meadow | Savanna, Wetland | American Bittern, Marsh Wren, Virginia Rail |
Ryerson Woods | Woodland, River | Oriole Species, Great Crested Flycatcher, Prothonotary Warbler, Summer Tanager, Indigo Bunting |
Rollins Savanna | Savanna, Wetland, Grassland | Henslow's Sparrow, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Bobolink, Eastern Meadowlark |
Prairie Wolf Slough | Wetland, Woodland | Sora, Blue-winged Teal |
Middlefork Savanna | Savanna, Wetland, Grassland | Sora, Bobolink, Dickcissel, Yellow Warbler, Orchard Oriole |
Chain O'Lakes State Park | Woodland, Grassland, River | Black Tern, Eastern Meadowlark |
Fall: September - November | ||
Illinois Beach State Park | Wetland, Dunes/Beach, Lake Michigan | Migrating raptors, Willet, Yellowlegs species, Henslow's Sparrow |
Chain O'Lakes State Park | Woodland Grassland | Northern Shrike, Northern Harrier, Snow Goose, thrush species |
Middlefork Savanna | Savanna, Wetland, Grassland | Yellowlegs species, Sandhill Crane, swallow species |
Fort Sheridan | Savanna, Grassland, Lake Michigan | Duck species, migrating raptors, LeConte's Sparrow |
Ryerson Woods | Woodland, River | Warbler species, thrush species, LeConte's Sparrow, Great Horned Owl |
Winter: December - April | ||
Illinois Beach State Park | Wetland, Dunes/Beach, Lake Michigan | Scoter species, Red-throated Loon, Long-tailed Duck |
Waukegan Beach & Harbor | Lake Michigan | Purple Sandpiper |
Lyons Woods | Woodland | White-winged Crossbill, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Pine Siskin |
Chain O'Lakes State Park | Woodland, Grassland | Northern Harrier, Long-eared Owl, Red-headed Woodpecker, Sandhill Crane (late) |
Rollins Savanna | Savanna, Wetland, Grassland | Long-eared Owl, Northern Harrier |
Independence Grove | Lake, Woodland | Bald Eagle, Trumpeter Swan, gull species, |
Fort Sheridan | Savanna, Grassland, Lake | Rough-legged Hawk, Redhead, duck species |
North Point Marina | Lake Michigan | Scoter species, Red-throated Loon, Long-tailed Duck, Snow Bunting, merganser species |
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